Mary Wangechi Mwangi

MARY WANGECHI MWANGI. P.O Box-, Nairobi, Kenya. Tel: - Email:- PROFILE SUMMARY A highly motivated and self-driven Accountant with over 7 years of working experience in Finance. My expertise is in performing duties such as handling the organization’s petty cash, verification of payment vouchers to our various suppliers, ensuring expenses are within the approved budget and doing bank reconciliations for different products that the company offers. I am at my best in a job where I can work with other people, but also have some level of both independence and collaboration in decision-making. PERSONAL DETAILS Year of Birth: 1988 Languages spoken: English, Swahili (excellent in spoken and written) ACADEMIC BACKGROUND APRIL 2015-DEC 2020: MASTERS DEGREE IN COMMERCE-Forensic Accounting option Strathmore University Pass AUG 2007-OCT 2011: DEGREE IN BACHELOR OF COMMERCE-Finance option Catholic University of Eastern Africa Second Class Honors–Upper Division DEC 2011-AUG2014: CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT (CPA) Visions institute of Professionals CPA finalist- Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE Bishop Gatimu Ngandu Girls Attained a mean grade of B plain Page|1 WORK EXPERIENCE January 2020 to date, Finance Manager- Aqua Fragrances Duties and Responsibilities. • Handling staff payroll • Managing the expenses and capturing them in the system • Bank reconciliations • Preparation for audits • Participation in budgets preparation • Maintaining internal controls November 2012 to Jan 2020, Accountant-Kenya Women Microfinance Duties and Responsibilities • Handling admin expenses and ensuring that they are within the approved budget. • Raising expense requisitions • Preparation of financial schedules • Preparation for Audits. • Doing bank reconciliations, reconciling payments made to suppliers for special products. • Dealing with petty cash and making journal entries. • Posting the relevant journal entries into the system. • Handling the region’s stationery, issuing to units and maintaining updated records. • Preparation of daily and monthly reports. • Maintaining internal controls. Jan 2012 to October 2012, Accounts Clerk- Perman Consultants Duties and Responsibilities • Issuing of invoices and Receipting • Banking of cheques • Doing bank reconciliations • Data entry. • Filing Page|2 SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS ATTENDED • Attended a credit analyst training held at the Bounty Hotel by Vincent Karani Associates. • Attended a fire Marshall training held at the Bounty Hotel by Fire snow Limited • Attended a Marketing conference hosted by the Chartered Institute of Marketing • Attended the Accounting Students Association annual Seminar for the year- held at the Catholic University CLUBS/MEMBERSHIPS ❖ ICPAK-full membership ❖ Was an active member for Students in Free Enterprise(SIFE) KEY COMPETENCIES ❖ Proficiency in Accounting packages-Sage and QuickBooks. ❖ Proficiency in all MS Office packages ❖ Excellent Communication skills. ❖ Ability to multitask and prioritize while attending to detail, thus being effective while subjected to high pressure situations. ❖ Ability to analyze people and situations very well. ❖ Able to work under pressure ❖ Strong team player OTHER INTERESTS Learning new things, reading newspapers, periodicals and professional journals, travelling, socializing, reading novels, out-door games and sporting activities. ACCOMPLISHMENTS ❖ Introduced a worksheet for the major creditors to avoid double payments and late payments. ❖ Reduced the south coast region’s expenses by introducing a daily worksheet for the branches and sales people that kept track of their expenses. ❖ Helped in saving time while doing the suppliers reconciliations by doing them weekly instead of monthly. Page|3 REFERENCES 1. Martin Mathenge. Credit Risk and Finance Manager, Kenya Women Microfinance. Telephone: -. Email address:- 2. Winnie Boiwa. Managing Director, Aqua Fragrances. Telephone : - Emailaddress-3. Geoffrey Njinji. Managing Director, Perman Consultants. Telephone: - Emailaddress- Page|4